Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just the right words, that can and usually does get to be labor.

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I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.

I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.

I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the...

I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the...

The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep...

The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep...

There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done...

There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done...

More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with...

More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with...

Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history.

Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history.

Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of...

Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of...

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two...

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two...

Only towards the end of this process are any of the chapters in fully readable...

Only towards the end of this process are any of the chapters in fully readable...

I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source...

I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source...

I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat....

I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat....

And what we know, or think we know, about the universe of space and time...

And what we know, or think we know, about the universe of space and time...

The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my...

The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my...

I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do...

I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do...

I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a...

I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a...

My gut feeling is that paper and ink are going to be with us for...

My gut feeling is that paper and ink are going to be with us for...

I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both...

I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both...

The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief.

The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief.

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction...

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction...

The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet.

The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet.